Clair is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Clair
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, France, England
Meaning:

Is the variation of the Clare. One who came from Clare, i.e., plain, or flat piece of land, the name of several villages and a county, in Ireland.

Descendant of Clair meaning "illustrious," a man's name; the light-complexioned man; one who came from Clare meaning "clayey slope," the name of several places in England; one who came from St. Clare or St. Clair, the name of various places in France.

Variant form of Clerc. The clerk.

How popular is Clair?

Clair is common in United States, France, Mauritius, Canada, Australia, England, Jamaica, Brazil, Nicaragua, Morocco, Argentina.

Clair is ranked 31026 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Clair bearers increased by 1.13 per cent in 2010 US census to 4571 since 2000, the surname slipped by 434 spots and ranked at 7292. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.31 86.84
Black 10.17 8.52
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.28
Others 1.88 1.22
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.75 1.33
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.66 0.82
Clair is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Mauritius is ahead in terms of density. Around 17234 people have been found who wears Clair as their family name. Clair is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Clair:
5,688 United States7,742
1,249 France5,293
130 Mauritius1,161
Countries with hundreds of Clair:
5,204 Canada880
7,802 Australia414
13,671 England396
1,465 Jamaica186
48,391 Brazil149
1,302 Nicaragua148
42,794 Morocco136
26,703 Argentina126
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,790 Ireland87
7,170 Dominican Republic54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,512 Sweden47
14,967 New Zealand38
9,000 Scotland35
143,904 Philippines32
4,585 Panama29
222,297 Russia29
174,166 Nigeria22
408,224 India22
158,771 Germany22
30,506 Ivory Coast16
43,230 Switzerland13
11,594 Haiti11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
36,116 United Arab Emirates10
15,494 Burkina Faso9
47,773 Mexico8
19,671 Wales8
8,933 China8
103,447 Belgium6
553,295 Thailand6
5,462 Costa Rica6
47,603 Denmark6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Clair was 35 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on August 14, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Andrew Foster from Liverpool. Workman Eliza. Clair, Bridget Clair, aged 7, Daniel Clair, aged 3, 12 years old Margt. Clair, Phillip Clair, aged 25, Thomas Clair (23) Immigrant, Immigrant Ann Clair, are other Clair that migrated to US.

From Germany

8 years old farmer Auguste Clair who was residing in France migrated to USA on March 5, 1857 by Bavaria put out from Havre. Benigne Clair (55) Farmer, Joanne Clair, aged 48, Richard Clair (21) Farmer, Constant Clair, aged 24, Camelia Clair (24) Servant, 34 years old Chas. Clair, Emile Clair, aged 18, Priest Claude-Mr. Clair, and 3 other Clair around 46.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Havre, Havre & London and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Clair Namesakes

  • Serge Clair, Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues
  • Margaret St. Clair, Margaret St
  • Jeffrey St. Clair, Jeffrey St
  • Brian St. Clair, Brian St
  • Matthew Wesley Clair, was one of the first African-American bishops
  • Andrée Clair, writer
  • Terry St Clair, British folk musician, guitarist and composer
  • Janete Clair, Brazilian television, radio play, and novel writer
  • James D. St. Clair, James Draper St
  • Stephanie St. Clair, American gambler
  • James St Clair, The Hon
  • Arthur St. Clair, Arthur St
  • Bob St. Clair, Robert Bruce St
  • René Clair, French filmmaker and writer
  • Isla St Clair, Scottish singer
  • Frank Clair, coach in the Canadian Football League
  • Lindi St Clair, British author, leader of the Corrective Party
  • Jany Clair, retired French actress
  • Alex St. Clair, Alex St
  • John St. Clair, John Bradley St
  • Ethlyne Clair, American actress
  • Gairy St. Clair, Gairy St
  • Martine St. Clair, Martine St
  • Stuart St. Clair, Stuart Roy St
  • Daphne Clair, and she also publishes poetry and articles

Clair Namesakes

  • Serge Clair, Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues
  • Margaret St. Clair, Margaret St
  • Jeffrey St. Clair, Jeffrey St
  • Brian St. Clair, Brian St
  • Matthew Wesley Clair, was one of the first African-American bishops
  • Andrée Clair, writer
  • Terry St Clair, British folk musician, guitarist and composer
  • Janete Clair, Brazilian television, radio play, and novel writer
  • James D. St. Clair, James Draper St
  • Stephanie St. Clair, American gambler
  • James St Clair, The Hon
  • Arthur St. Clair, Arthur St
  • Bob St. Clair, Robert Bruce St
  • René Clair, French filmmaker and writer
  • Isla St Clair, Scottish singer
  • Frank Clair, coach in the Canadian Football League
  • Lindi St Clair, British author, leader of the Corrective Party
  • Jany Clair, retired French actress
  • Alex St. Clair, Alex St
  • John St. Clair, John Bradley St
  • Ethlyne Clair, American actress
  • Gairy St. Clair, Gairy St
  • Martine St. Clair, Martine St
  • Stuart St. Clair, Stuart Roy St
  • Daphne Clair, and she also publishes poetry and articles

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